TY - JOUR
T1 - New data on Miocene Neotropical provinciality from Cerdas, Bolivia
AU - Croft, Darin Andrew
AU - Anaya, Federico
AU - Auerbach, David
AU - Garzione, Carmala
AU - MacFadden, Bruce J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments We thank F. Pujos for assistance with identification of sloth elements and critical advice on the taxonomy of Xyophorus; G. Billet, M. Bond, A. Carlini, M. Ciancio, T. Gaudin, A. Kramarz, G. López, B. Townsend, and A. Villafañe for helpful discussions of Miocene mammals; C. Argot, A. Kramarz, C. de Muizon, and M. Reguero for access to specimens in their care; R. Chavez, J. Conrad, P. Higgins, and J. Smith for assistance in the field; A. Carlini and A. Wyss for critical reviews of the content of this paper; and D. Chapman, J. Chick, M. Ryan, A. Shinya, and L. Yerian for assistance with fossil preparation and specimen curation. Funding for this research was provided by the National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration (NGS 8115-06 to D. Croft) and the National Science Foundation (EAR 0635678 to C. Garzione and T. Jordan). This is University of Florida Contribution to Paleobiology number 620.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We provide the first faunal report for the early/middle Miocene fauna of Cerdas, Bolivia (16.5-15.3 Ma; 20° 52′ S, 66° 19′ W), based primarily on new specimens collected in 2007. As many as twelve species of mammals in nine families are represented. Notoungulates include Palyeidodon obtusum (Toxodontidae), Protypotherium cf. attenuatum and Protypotherium sp. nov. (Interatheriidae), 'Plesiotypotherium' minus and possibly Microtypotherium choquecotense (Mesotheriidae), and Hegetotherium? sp. nov. (Hegetotheriidae). Xenarthrans include Stenotatus planus and Prozaedyus sp. (Cingulata: Dasypodidae), Peltephilidae gen. et sp. nov. (Cingulata), and Xyophorus cf. bondesioi (Pilosa: Nothrotheriidae). A new species of litoptern is also present (Macraucheniidae) as well as an unidentified rodent (Chinchillidae: Lagostominae). Two of these Cerdas species occur in Friasian sensu stricto/Colloncuran SALMA faunas of Patagonia, and perhaps one in Santacrucian SALMA faunas. Among middle latitude localities, Cerdas resembles Chucal, Chile (late early Miocene, Santacrucian SALMA) in community composition (e.g., abundant mesotheriids, few rodent species), but has no species in common; it shares one species with Quebrada Honda, Bolivia (middle Miocene, Laventan SALMA), and perhaps as many as three more. These observations indicate that Cerdas is not referable to the Santacrucian, and that the upper limit of this SALMA in the middle latitudes falls somewhere between 17.5 Ma (the top of Chucal) and 16.5 Ma (the base of Cerdas). Based on the range of dates proposed for the youngest Santacrucian intervals in Patagonia, a diachronous offset of up to 2.1 Ma may exist at this point in the SALMA sequence between middle and high latitude faunas.
AB - We provide the first faunal report for the early/middle Miocene fauna of Cerdas, Bolivia (16.5-15.3 Ma; 20° 52′ S, 66° 19′ W), based primarily on new specimens collected in 2007. As many as twelve species of mammals in nine families are represented. Notoungulates include Palyeidodon obtusum (Toxodontidae), Protypotherium cf. attenuatum and Protypotherium sp. nov. (Interatheriidae), 'Plesiotypotherium' minus and possibly Microtypotherium choquecotense (Mesotheriidae), and Hegetotherium? sp. nov. (Hegetotheriidae). Xenarthrans include Stenotatus planus and Prozaedyus sp. (Cingulata: Dasypodidae), Peltephilidae gen. et sp. nov. (Cingulata), and Xyophorus cf. bondesioi (Pilosa: Nothrotheriidae). A new species of litoptern is also present (Macraucheniidae) as well as an unidentified rodent (Chinchillidae: Lagostominae). Two of these Cerdas species occur in Friasian sensu stricto/Colloncuran SALMA faunas of Patagonia, and perhaps one in Santacrucian SALMA faunas. Among middle latitude localities, Cerdas resembles Chucal, Chile (late early Miocene, Santacrucian SALMA) in community composition (e.g., abundant mesotheriids, few rodent species), but has no species in common; it shares one species with Quebrada Honda, Bolivia (middle Miocene, Laventan SALMA), and perhaps as many as three more. These observations indicate that Cerdas is not referable to the Santacrucian, and that the upper limit of this SALMA in the middle latitudes falls somewhere between 17.5 Ma (the top of Chucal) and 16.5 Ma (the base of Cerdas). Based on the range of dates proposed for the youngest Santacrucian intervals in Patagonia, a diachronous offset of up to 2.1 Ma may exist at this point in the SALMA sequence between middle and high latitude faunas.
KW - Bolivia
KW - Land Mammal Age
KW - Litopterna
KW - Miocene
KW - Notoungulata
KW - Provinciality
KW - South America
KW - Xenarthra
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U2 - 10.1007/s10914-009-9115-0
DO - 10.1007/s10914-009-9115-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70349801999
VL - 16
SP - 175
EP - 198
JO - Journal of Mammalian Evolution
JF - Journal of Mammalian Evolution
SN - 1064-7554
IS - 3
ER -